Category: Race Reports

For those of us who thought the Wrekin fell race was demanding, a look at the statistics for the Edale Skyline puts it in sobering perspective: 34km, 1400m ascent and Paul took 4hrs 09 mins 56 secs. Even more impressive was the time taken by the winner (Carl Bell, of Keswick AC) of 2hrs 37 […]

The 40th Wrekin Fell Race, 5.5 miles and approx 550 m of climb, was held on a mild day, where we were lucky the rain held off during the run. A slightly reduced turnout was blamed on championship races elsewhere, meaning 94 runners turned out for this anniversary occasion. The race takes us over the […]

On the night of Thursday 22nd February Sue Davies and I were amongst 24 intrepid runners who tackled the ‘Dash to the pole’ race organised by Jim Timmion and Mercia Fell Runners.  The event is of time-trial format from Ragleth Inn in Little Stretton to the Pole Bank trig point high on the Long Mynd […]

The 2018 edition of the Hatterall Hammer, which is one of the South Wales fell series, saw 6 Croft runners competing (2 males, 4 females). Katie and Flora were possibly running in their first fell race, albeit a short one, and both ran well: Katie was first Croft home, in 46th (40.10), just ahead of […]

283 runners squelched uphill & down dale in yesterday’s aptly-named Muddy Woody race.  Although the weather that came before & after was pretty horrible, during the race conditions were excellent, dry & sunny with no more than a gentle breeze. Matt Moffatt was the first Croft runner, finishing 23rd in 50:49. The battle for the […]